41 people died in the accident at Sheremetyevo

The Investigative Committee of Russia confirmed the death of 41 people in the Superjet-100 passenger plane, two of them children

UPD 11:03 The Investigative Committee of Russia, among the versions of the aircraft accident, called the insufficient qualifications of the pilots, dispatchers and persons who carried out the technical inspection of the board; aircraft malfunction; adverse weather conditions.

UPD 10:38 The priority version of the SSJ-100 accident at Sheremetyevo is multiple equipment failures due to lightning. “In accordance with the main version, at an altitude of about two kilometers, the crew gave a distress signal due to a lightning strike and a failure of radio communications and other electronics,” told Interfax . a source familiar with the situation

After that, the plane made a rough landing, hitting the runway four times. After the fourth impact, one of the landing gear collapsed, its parts, presumably, fell into the engine, and it caught fire.

UPD According to updated data from the Investigative Committee, 41 out of 78 people died.

The investigation of the criminal case on the emergency landing of a passenger plane at Sheremetyevo Airport has been accepted for production by the Main Directorate for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the TFR. At the moment, the investigation has data on 13 dead, including two children, said . the department

“The investigation is considering various versions of what happened. Unambiguous conclusions about the causes and circumstances of the accident will be made after a comprehensive study of the data obtained by the investigation, ”the UK noted.

A criminal case was initiated under the article on violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport, which negligently caused the death of two or more persons.

The Superjet-100 aircraft operating the Moscow-Murmansk flight, after taking off on May 5, gave a distress signal and made an emergency landing. on board There was a fire . The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation reported that seven people were injured, the condition of two of them is assessed as serious.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed about the disaster, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov. “All instructions have been given to conduct the most thorough investigation, the necessary instructions to find out the cause of this accident. The President deeply sympathizes with all those who lost their loved ones as a result of this plane crash, ” TASS quotes Peskov .

The Interstate Aviation Committee has already formed a commission to investigate the causes of the emergency. Aeroflot reported that the aircraft's engines caught fire after landing. The return of the aircraft to the destination airport was explained by a “technical reason”. The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company said that the SSJ100 aircraft returned to the airport of departure after the crew received information about a malfunction on board. According to the company, the aircraft was produced in August 2017. Maintenance took place in early April 2019.